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The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Immigrants Leaving Wages Rising plus Trump Puts ‘War’ Back in War on Drugs

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.85.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

  • Immigration & Labor

    • Sources claims that Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement has led to “self-deportation” of undocumented immigrants.

    • It cites data from Pew Research and the Census Bureau showing a decline in immigrant participation in the labor force.

    • It argues that Americans are benefiting economically—higher wages and more job opportunities—due to reduced immigrant labor competition.

    • It also pushes back against claims that crops are rotting due to worker shortages, framing such concerns as “fear mongering.”

  • U.S. Foreign Policy – Venezuela

    • The piece highlights Trump’s military deployment in the Caribbean, presented as a crackdown on Venezuelan drug cartels and President Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

    • Maduro is depicted as a “narco-terrorist,” with emphasis on U.S. military strength and Venezuelan dissidents’ optimism about U.S. intervention.

    • The narrative suggests Trump is reframing the War on Drugs by treating cartels as terrorist organizations.

  • Crime & Domestic Policy

    • It reports that Washington, D.C. crime has fallen (e.g., carjackings down 87%) after federal enforcement involvement, framing this as proof of Trump’s success.

    • Sources criticize Democratic mayors in cities like Chicago for opposing federal intervention despite high crime rates.

    • It positions Trump as tough on crime versus Democrats as “soft on crime” and politically motivated.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:05.1

It was a prediction that Donald Trump made when he was running for president.

0:09.0

He said, if you elect me, guess what's going to happen?

0:11.9

There are going to be people that are going to self-deport because I'm in charge and they're

0:18.1

going to realize that it's just not worth staying here. Wow, we have

0:22.4

actual law and order. Well, that became a reality and the Associated Press is now running this

0:30.1

headline. 1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Donald Trump.

0:39.1

Preliminary data is now confirming.

0:42.1

It's tomato season.

0:43.4

The article begins, and Lydia is harvesting on farms in California's Central Valley.

0:49.3

She is also anxious.

0:51.1

Attention from U.S. immigration and customs enforcement could up in her life for more than

0:56.7

23 years after she illegally crossed the U.S. Mexico border as a teenager. The worry is they will pull

1:04.7

you over when you're driving and asked for your papers. Is what Lydia said, the Associated

1:10.2

Press.

1:14.9

Don't worry, she's not using her last name because the APs will protect her.

1:17.3

She went on to say, we need to work.

1:19.8

We need to feed our families, and we need to pay our rent.

1:23.6

Well, there's also Americans that need the exact same thing. And what we're witnessing is, many Americans are saying we should put American workers first.

1:30.6

Well, here's the reality. More than 1.4 million immigrants have disappeared from the labor force

1:37.9

from January through the end of July, according to the Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center.

1:44.4

That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents, but the majority are illegals.

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